1996-1997

The Society is pleased to announce that, as a result of the fourth competition for the research grants set up with funds received towards its centenary appeal, the following grants have been made:

$1,500 from the Bibliographical Society of America as the Fredson Bowers Award, to Dr Robert A. Pierce, for his study of the production of Italian-language protestant books outside Italy in the 16th century, with an additional sum of £1,000 to be paid by the Society;

£500 from the Oxford Bibliographical Society as the Falconer Madan Prize, to Prof. R. J. Schoeck for a study of P. S. Allen, the editor of Erasmus;

£1,800 to Dr W. McDougall for a study of the letterbooks and ledgers of the Edinburgh bookseller, Charles Elliot: the award associated with the name of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association;

£660 to Ms V. Burke for work on the MSS of Anne, Lady Halkett;

£590 to Dr M. T. Davis for a study of the radical book trades and the London Corresponding Society, 1792-99;

£1,270 to Dr L. M. Hulse for a study of the 6th Duke of Portland as a book collector and patron;

£1,000 to Ms C. Hutton for work on the history of the book in Ireland, 1892-1922;

£500 to Dr D. W. Mosser for work on the provenance of MSS of the Canterbury Tales;

£500 to Mr J. R. Pooley for work on the archives of the Nichols family and business, 1745-1873.